Bailey.Academic_Writing

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trades unions defended their members’ jobs. Although some of the world’s strongest
brands are today owned by the industry, many major motor companies struggle with
declining profits and static markets.
8. (Sample paraphrase)
Antarctica was unexplored until the twentieth century, and still has a tiny population
in relation to its size. Yet it suffers from various pollution problems which have been
described in a report by a New Zealand government agency. The low temperatures
there impede the usual pattern of decay, though compared with most parts of the
world it remains in pristine condition. Some long-established scientific bases have
large piles of garbage around them.
Few people realise that Antarctica has very little precipitation, so that in the current
context of global warming the ice tends to reveal the rubbish that previously was
slowly being buried under snow. For more than a decade the nations involved in
Antarctic research have respected an agreement to repatriate their garbage, and
this should gradually solve the problem. But there are a few items which will not
be cleared up, since they belonged to the early period of exploration and have now
acquired historic interest.
1.9 Summary Writing
1 Features of good summaries should include: selection of main features/accuracy (i.e.
not distorting the original)/clear expression.
2 making detailed notes from sections of journal articles and books
3
3b
3c
3d
3e
making global summaries of writers’ ideas and theses
key points
use your own words
order of ideas where necessary
important points
4 (a) is the best summary
(b) fails to describe the experiment
(c) describes neither the experiment nor its significance
6 (Possible answers)
6a
6b
6c
weather forecasting methods
blossoming of local tree
castor (for dry)
6d the monsoon can be quite accurately forecast by the time of the tree’s flowering